A pilgrim's thoughts

Pastors especially love King David for several reasons. The only blemish according to them, is his adultery with Bathsheeba and murder of U...

Kim Davis, the county clerk who did not allow gay marriage licenses to be given under her jurisdiction in Kentucky - and was jailed for it,...

  At the church we have been attending (www.chapel.org), They have been keeping the sound at close to or just above 90 db. They are using ...

The answer isn't forgiveness. Forgiveness happens when the person who wronged you, repents and asks for your forgiveness. If he does no...

There seems to be a move away from  Tithing to 10+% Giving. In other words, recognizing that Tithing - the Old Testament command to the Jew...

In most sermons there is all mention of praying for enemies and forgiving them, but no mention of repentance on the part of the wrongdoer. ...

I do not know if this is specific to Eastern cultures, but after observing multiple sets of parents, I came to the realization that: par...

This used to be my written opinion on the death penalty: God supports the death penalty. Not just because He prescribed it as punishme...

Last Sunday, we attended Life Changers Church, a mega-church in Hoffman Estates. The sound volume was so loud that we could not sit inside ...

"Does the church teach tithing to scam us into overpaying staff and constructing lofty cathedrals?" Glen Guyton. I was frankl...

The only time when Apostle Paul and Lord Jesus did not work with their hands, is when they were working on the gospel, day in and day out....

In the Old Testament, God's direction was clear and sometimes calamitous. God spoke clearly - and not just in visions, and dreams but...

Most pastor-driven churches in America have fundamental flaws.  From 1997 till 2000 we attended a Southern Baptist-leaning megachurch in...

Jesus said we should love our enemies, bless our enemies, and pray for those that persecute us. What does it mean? In our modern culture, ...

ginger beer recipe from my grandparents G.W. and Eliamma Benjamin

2 Thessalonians 2 Concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ  and our being gathered to him,  we ask you, brothers and sisters, 2  n...

"I will take with me into Today, only those thoughts that will make a productive and positive day. The rest, I shall leave behind in m...

When children are growing up, christian parents often quote famously from the Bible, "honor your  father and mother" and "ch...

Today is Good Friday, when we remember Jesus' death on the cross. Famous musician Matt Redman's worship song goes, "Oh, the ...

Our dog Kacey, has kidney failure and we are faced with putting her down (euthanasia). Not an easy time. She has been with us 13 years of ...